Earthquake

[Thomas F Davis]

Funny, at my home in CT I had pretty much the same perception, though I had little sense of vibration or movement.  My thought at the time also was that it was the sound of a truck or aircraft just outside.  I didn't realize it was an earthquake until the emails started coming in 15 minutes later.
This was my third quake here.  Last year a quake centered south of Long Island was barely noticeable but did knock over a box in the attic.  Over 20 years ago the New Rochelle fault in NY let go one morning; I was awaking in a building about 20 miles away and it shook like a large boiler was switched on.

Tom W1TFD

--- On Tue, 8/23/11, Richard <revo753 at yahoo.com> wrote:

From: Richard <revo753 at yahoo.com>
Subject: Earthquake
To: tacos at amrad.org
Date: Tuesday, August 23, 2011, 9:40 PM


Hello All,

I felt the quake, while sitting in my house in Manassas, Virginia.  At first I did not know what it was.  It seemed to start slowly and progress to a more and more violent shaking.  At first I thought it was just a large truck going down the street, then as it became stronger, I thought the construction workers near the house working on a pond were the cause, then as the shaking got real bad, I thought, perhaps a large airplane (or helicopter) was flying over the house at very low altitude.  Finally I could see the deck-house jumping up and down, and then I thought of an earthquake and so went outside.  I don't know how long it lasted.  I have seen estimates of from 10 sec to 40 sec.  I would tend to go with the longer time.  It was scary, but over so fast, one didn't have time to be
 frightened.  

Thank God it is over!  Hope All of You are OK.

Best Wishes
73s
Richard Demaret 
KI4KXJ


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